Improvement in faucets



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEMEN J. BIRGLER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 54,367, dated August25, 1874; application filed July 11, 1874.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known thatI, LEMEN J. BIRGLER, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Faucet, ofwhich the following is a specilication: v

The accompanying drawing represents a vertical longitudinal section ofmy improved faucet with automatically-Working vent at tachment.

My invention relates to a faucet with vent attachment, for draWin g oiffermented or other liquors from the barrel or keg without the aid of avent in the bung or other part of the barrel, the vent workingautomatically inv connection with the opening or closing of the faucet,and forming a very convenient, regularly-acting, and independentattachment for keeping the liquids .fresh and nice for any length oftime.

The invention consists of a faucet with guide-tube and slidingvent-tube, which is provided at the inner end with a flexible rub` bertube and float-ing valve, and with a second valve at the outer end,through which air is drawn into the barrel when the faucet is opened.

In the drawing, A represents the faucet, and B the guide-tube, which isplaced into inclined position at the upper part of the faucet, andprovided with stuiiing-box or collar a. at the end -for fitting tightlyaround the bent sliding tube C. The front end of sliding tube C has also-suitable stuffing or packing device, b, for closing herm etically overasecond sliding tube, D, bent in the same shape, which is provided withan air-valve, E, at the outer end, and with a iiexible tube, E', ofrubber or other material, at the linner end. The rubber tube E has afloating valve, F, of cork or similar material, attached to its end, andis made of suiiicient length to reach up to the upper part of ie barrelor keg for which the faucet is use By loosening the stuffing b, andsliding the rubber tube E', with tubes D, in outward direction, thefloating valve F maybe carried back into the barrel part of the faucet,and the keg then tapped in the usual manner by driving in the cork. Thesliding tubes are then pushed forwardinto the barrel, and the stuffing btightly screwed on the valve tube D. The floating valve F rises, bymeans of the flexible tube E', to the level of the liquid, and is thenready for action.

The opening of the faucet and the drawing oifof some of the liquidproduces a partial vacuum in the top part of the barrel, and

causes, thereby, the opening of the valves, and the admissionof such aquantity of air as required for producing the equilibrium with thepressure of the outer air.

The closing of the faucet closes simultaneously the valves as thepressure thereon ceases, so that they are entirely self-acting, and supply the required vent for drawing off the contents of any barrel withouta separate venthole or other attachment to the bung or other part of thesame.

The ilexible tube and floating valve arrangement reduce the length ofthe metal tubes in the liquid, and impart no ill taste to the same,which is the case with some of the faucetvent attachments in use,keeping the contents `fresh and sweet for' any length of time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with rigid pipe D, of the innersliding tube C and outer v guide-tube B, similarly formed, and taking upthe slack of ilexibe tube, as set forth.

LEMEN J. BIRGLER.

Witnesses:

JOHAN NORDHEM, ALBERT EIKHOLZER.

